N. Masood¹, A. M. Toufiq^2,*, S. Magam^3,4, S. M. W. Ali², M. T. Qureshi^3,*

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.12, pp. 1047-1053, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.2212.1047 - 08 December 2025

Abstract Self-assembled highly hierarchical novel SnS₂ microflowers having acute edge nanopetals have been fabricated using a facile template-free hydrothermal growth technique utilizing Tin (II) chloride dihydrate (SnCl₂·2H₂O) and Sodium sulfide nonahydrate (Na₂S·9H₂O) as reaction reagents. Morphological analysis exhibits the flower-type SnS₂ microarchitectures ranging from 4 to 7 μm. The vibrational mode measured at A_1g = 314 cm⁻¹ confirms the existence of hexagonal phase SnS₂ using Raman spectroscopy. The electrochemical results suggest the promise of as-synthesized SnS₂ structures as a cathodic material in lithium-sulfur batteries. More >

A. Ledesma-Juárez¹, J. F. Quintero-Guerrero², A. M. Fernández^1,*

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.12, pp. 1009-1018, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.2212.1009 - 06 December 2025

Abstract Indium sulphide (In₂S₃) has positioned itself as an environmentally friendly and efficient option compared to traditional CdS, used as a buffer layer in thin-film solar cells that use Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) as an absorbent material. This study provides a comparative analysis of two techniques for depositing thin films of In₂S₃: chemical bath deposition (CBD) and ultrasonic pyrolytic spraying. Their structural, morphological, compositional, and optical properties were evaluated. The films obtained by pyrolytic spraying, showed adequate crystallinity and uniformity. On the other hand, the films deposited by CBD had better stoichiometry (In2:S3 ≈ 40:60% at.) and higher bandgap values More >

Xiaoqin Zheng¹, Yuqing Wan¹, Qian Zhang², Liqin He², Shihao Tang¹, Qiguo Zhuang², Lihua Wang^2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.12, pp. 3879-3892, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.073229 - 29 December 2025

Abstract To investigate endogenous hormone changes in “Hongyang” kiwifruit from overwintering buds to floral morphogenesis (bell-shaped flowering stage), systematic observations were conducted during the undifferentiated stage, axillary bud differentiation stage, and floral morphogenesis stage from late November 2023 to early April 2024. Paraffin sectioning was employed to examine floral bud morphology, while LC-MS targeted metabolomics quantified changes in 15 endogenous hormones across 8 classes. Results indicated floral bud differentiation commenced from late January to early February and concluded by mid-April, spanning approximately 70 days. Approximately 33 days after axillary bud initiation marked the axillary bud primordium… More >

P. Kaushik^a,*, A. Devi^b, H. Singh^a

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 197-204, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.223.197

Abstract The structural properties of bulk as well as thin films of nanostructured Bi₁Te₁₅Se_84-x Pb_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 8) glassy alloys has been studied in this paper. Conventional melt quenching method is employed to prepare the samples of Bi₁Te₁₅Se_84-x Pb_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 8) alloys. Thin films with thickness of approximately 158nm of the obtained bulk compositions were deposited on dry cleaned glass substrates by thermal evaporation technique. The structural characterization was carried out using XRD and SEM. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) indicates that samples are nearly stoichiometric. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that they are More >

R. I. Jasim^a, E. H. Hadi^a, A. A. Mansour^b, S. A. Hussein^c, S. S. Chiad^a,*, N. F. Habubi^d, Y. H. Kadhim^e, M. Jadan^f,g

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 43-55, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.221.43

Abstract Using chemical bath deposition (CBD) methods and various molarities, nanostructured CdS thin films were developed. XRD assured that these films were cubic polycrystalline, containing larger grains as the solution's concentration of cadmium ions increased. Dislocation density values dropped from 79.32 to 62.90 as a result, nevertheless. Also, the strain is lowered from 30.88 to 27.50. AFM results demonstrate that these films suffer a decrease in the value of average particle size, root mean square, and roughness with the molarity concentration. SEM images show CdS thin films at various molarities (0.10, 0.15, 0.20) M, indicating reduced More >

R. Rajeev^a,b,*, C. M. S. Negi^a

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.5, pp. 469-480, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.225.469

Abstract Cobalt-doped cadmium sulphide nanoparticles of semiconductors (CDs: Co NPs) were synthesised using various cobalt concentrations utilising a microwave-assisted approach. Debye-Scherer equation revealed the nanoparticles' size range to be between 2 and 4 nm. Diffraction from X-rays revealed a zinc mix structure. According to the structure in the optical bandgap energies indicates that, doping has systematically raised the bandgap energy as the doping concentration raises. The composition of the nanoparticles which was verified by EDAX, validated the effective integration of cobalt into the CdS structure. The detection of different functional and vibrational groups was performed at More >

A. W. Jabbar^a, N. K. Abbas^b,*

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.22, No.8, pp. 735-752, 2025, DOI:10.15251/CL.2025.228.735

Abstract Nanostructured CdS and CdS: Cu thin films were synthesized by pulsed laser deposition with a Nd: YAG laser of different energies, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 W. The number of pulses was 300, and the frequency was 20 kHz. The CdS nanoparticles were deposited on a glass substrate. The optical, structural, and morphological properties were investigated utilized X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, and field emission scanning electron microscopy. From 2.25 to 2.1 eV, the results demonstrate that the band gap energy reduces as laser energy increases. Morphological investigations reveal that the laser energy has a significant impact More >

Heng Zhang^1,#, Meng Wang^1,#, Dong Zeng^1,2, Yunbo Xu¹, Dongyuan Guo¹, Xuanchen Liu^1,3, Zhanqi Ren⁴, Jinzi Zhang¹, Yuhang Liu¹, Qiuyu Wang¹, Shuo Yu¹, Guanzheng Qu^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.10, pp. 3205-3216, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.069994 - 29 October 2025

Abstract Hybridization remains an important method for breeding new poplar varieties. It results in significant variation in leaf phenotype among parents and offspring, and among offspring themselves. This study aimed to investigate whether leaf shape variations were similar in offspring produced from reciprocal crosses. Specifically, two hybrid combinations were produced: the direct cross with Populus ussuriensis as the maternal parent and P. simonii × P. nigra as the paternal parent (HY53), and the reciprocal cross with P. simonii × P. nigra as the maternal parent and P. ussuriensis as the paternal parent (HY268). Using 3-month-old rooted cuttings from 40 clones (36 F₁ hybrids… More >

Aylin Altınbay^1,2, Ceren Özsaltık², Mohammadreza Nofar^2,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.13, No.8, pp. 1605-1621, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2025.02025-0048 - 22 August 2025

Abstract Interfacial compatibilization is essential to generate compatible blend structures with synergistically enhanced properties. However, the effect of molecular structure on the reactivity of compatibilizers is not properly known. This study investigates the compatibilization effect of multifunctional, epoxy-based Joncryl chain extender in blends of polylactide (PLA) and polybutylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) using PLA with varying D-lactide contents and molecular weights. These PLAs were high molecular weight amorphous PLA (aPLA) with D-content of 12 mol% and semi-crystalline PLA (scPLA) grades with D-contents below 1.5 mol% at both high (h) and low (l) molecular weights. The reactivity of Joncryl… More >

Shamim Ara Bagum¹, Mahbub Ul Islam², M Shalim Uddin^2,*, Sripati Sikder³, Ahmed Gaber⁴, Akbar Hossain^5,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.94, No.6, pp. 1897-1919, 2025, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2025.065607 - 27 June 2025

Abstract The yield of maize (Zea mays L.) is highly influenced by nitrogen fertilization. This study investigated the impact of nitrogen fertilization on morphophysiological traits in maize (Zea mays L.) and developed algorithms to relate manual phenotyping and digital phenotyping of maize with leaf nitrogen and digital field image traits. The experiment included three hybrid maize varieties, V1 (Hybrid 981), V2 (BARI Hybrid maize-9), and V3 (Hybrid P3396), which were evaluated across three nitrogen levels (N1 = 100 kg N ha⁻¹, N2 = 200 kg N ha⁻¹, N3 = 300 kg N ha⁻¹) in a split-plot design with three replications.… More >